When the annual Swedish political event Almedalen Week took place in Visby on the island of Gotland during the first week of July Johan Röstin, CEO and Lennart Pettersson, Deputy CEO of CMP were there to represent the company and take part in discussions on current issues.

On Thursday Helsingborgs Hamn AB (HHAB), the company behind Port of Helsingborg, and Copenhagen Malmö Port AB (CMP AB) signed a letter of intent to investigate the scope for creating a joint port authority.

Malmö Northern Harbour Business Park was launched on the web at the end of March. This area is immediately adjacent to Malmö's North Port, and is to be one of the most attractive sites for new business establishments in northern Europe.

A new record was set on 19 January at Northern Harbour in Copenhagen. A total of five container ships arrived at the quay all on the same day. These were Maersk Benelux's Wes Carina, MSC's Hanna, Scan Group's Nor Feeder, CMA CGM's Anna G, and Unifeeder's Aurora.